Private Unrestricted Awards

Any Vanderbilt faculty member may apply for these awards.

Estimated Application Date Foundation & Award Type Award Amount Number of Applicants Allowed Information on Applying
1/3 McKnight Scholar Award in Neuroscience $75,000 x 3 years Unlimited More info @ mcknight.org
1/6 The Carl. J. Shapiro Institute for Education and Research Daniel C. Tosteson, M. D. award for Leadership in Medical Education $10,000 x 1 year Unlimited More info @ bidmc.harvard.edu
1/6 Pfizer Grants/Fellowships in:
  • Health Literacy
  • Health Disparities
  • Sleep Medicine
  • Public Health
  • Clinical Immunology
  • Infectious Disease
$65,000 x 3 years per grant/fellowship 1 person per dept. from VUMC per award More info @ pfizerpublichealth.com
1/11 Goldhirsh Foundation Brain Tumor Research Award $100,000 x 1 year; $600,000 x 2 years Unlimited More info @ goldhirshfoundation.org
1/31 Department of Energy Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award $50,000 x 1 year Unlimited More info @ science.doe.gov
1/31 Doris Duke Clinical Scientist Development $125,000 x 3 Unlimited More info @ ddcf.org
2/1 Welch Chemistry Award $300K for 1 year Unlimited More info @ welch1.org
2/15 Mary Kay Ash Cancer Foundation $100K for 1 year Unlimited More info @ mkacf.org
2/23 John Hartford Foundation $450K over 5 years Unlimited More info @ jhartfound.org
2/28 Harvard Partners Center for Genetics and Genomics Award in Medical Genetics $20,000 x 1 year Unlimited More info @ hpcgg.org
2/29 Epilepsy Foundation Research Grant $50,000 x 2 years Unlimited More info @ epilepsyfoundation.org
3/7 Ellison Senior Scholar — Global Infectious Disease $150,000 x 4 years Unlimited More info @ ellisonfoundation.org
3/12 McDonnell Foundation $600K over 6 years Unlimited More info @ jsmf.org
3/13 Bristol-Myers Squibb Freedom Award in Neuroscience Research $50,000 x 1 year Unlimited More info @ daa.bms.com
3/14 Lance Armstrong Foundation $50,000 x 2 years for early research careers;

$75,000 x 3 years for established research careers
Unlimited More info @ livestrong.org
3/14 William T. Grant Foundation $400K over 3 years Unlimited More info @ wtgrantfoundation.org
3/15 NARSAD Independent Investigator Award $50,000 x 2 years Unlimited More info @ narsad.org
3/15 Peter Gruber Foundation Neuroscience Prize $200,000 x 1 year Unlimited More info @ petergruberfoundation.org
3/15 Damon Runyon Fellowship Award $138K - $158K x 3 years Unlimited More info @ drcrf.org
4/1 American Cancer Society — Misc. Grants, Fellowships & Awards From $80,000 x 5 years to $200,00 x 4 years Unlimited More info @ cancer.org
4/1 McKnight Foundation Brain Disorder Award $100,000 x 3 years Unlimited More info @ mcknight.org
4/30 Marks Prize in Cancer $150K for 1 year Unlimited More info @ mskcc.org
5/13 Culpeper Biomedical Pilot Initiative $25,000 x 1 year Unlimited More info @ goldmanpartnerships.org
5/15 NARSAD Distinguished Investigator $100,000 x 1 year Unlimited More info @ narsad.org
6/1 Damon Runyon Innovator Award, Cancer $450K over 3 years Unlimited More info @ drcrf.org
7/1 American Heart Association - various awards see individual awards see individual awards More info @ americanheart.org
7/12 Dana Foundation Human Immunology & Neuroimmunology Awards $100,000 x 3 years Unlimited More info @ dana.org
7/25 NARSAD Young Investigator Award $30,000 x 2 years Unlimited More info @ narsad.org
7/31 Wiley Prize for Biomedical Research $25,000 x 1 year Unlimited More info @ wiley.com
8/15 Damon Runyon Fellowship Award $138K - $158K x 3 years Unlimited More info @ drcrf.org
9/2 Harvard Warren Alpert Foundation Prize $100,000 x 1 year Unlimited More info @ hms.harvard.edu
9/2 PhRMA Research Starter Grant/Informatics $30,000 x 2 years Unlimited More info @ phrmafoundation.org
9/14 March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology $250,000 x 1 year Unlimited For more information, send an email to mkatz@marchofdimes.org
9/15 Sloan Research Fellowship Award $45,000 over 2 years Unlimited More info @ sloan.org
9/30 American Lung Association Lung Cancer Award $100,000 x 2 Unlimited More info @ v2.ramscompany.com (PDF)
10/1 Beckman Young Investigator Program $260,000 over 3 years Unlimited More info @ beckman-foundation.com
10/1 PhRMA Foundation Pharmaceutics Starter Grant $30,000 x 2 years Unlimited More info @ phrmafoundation.org
10/1 Pfizer/ACCF Career Development Cardiovascular Medicine $65,000 x 3 years Unlimited More info @ acc.org
10/1 Gairdner International Awards $100,000 (Canadian) Unlimited More info @ gairdner.org
10/11 Merck Fellowship/Institute of Health $50,000 x 1 year Unlimited More info @ ihi.org
10/14 General Mill Bell Institute of Nutrition — Innovative Nutrition Research $62,000 x 1 year Unlimited For more information, send an email to alison.eldridge@genmills.com
10/15 American Cancer Society — Misc. Grants, Fellowships & Awards From $80,000 x 5 years to $200,00 x 4 years Unlimited More info @ cancer.org
11/2 Doris Duke Clinical Interfaces Award $2.5M over 5 years Unlimited More info @ ddcf.org
11/15 Lymphatic Research Foundation Postdoctoral Award $47,500 x 1 Unlimited For more information, send an email to jbrown@tmfhealth.org
11/16 AFAR/Merck Junior Investigator, Geriatric Clinical Pharmacology $60,000 x 2 years Unlimited More info @ afar.org
12/1 McKnight Technological Innovation in Neuroscience Award $100,000 x 2 years Unlimited More info @ mcknight.org
12/1 Alzheimer's Association Various Research Grants From $50,000 x 2 years to $125,000 x 2 years Unlimited More info @ alz.org
12/15 Huntington's Disease Awards (2) $50,000 x 1 year

$40,000 x 1 year
Unlimited More info @ hdsa.org
12/15 AFAR Aging Research Grant $60,000 x 1 year Unlimited More info @ afar.org
12/15 Pfizer/AFAR Innovations in Aging Research Award $100,000 x 2 years Unlimited More info @ afar.org
12/15 Ellison Senior Postdoc Fellow — Aging Research $100,000 x 2 years Unlimited More info @ ellisonfoundation.org

Last updated: 5/8/08

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